Open Letter to the Neighbors
Oct. 11th, 2004 04:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mrissaDear Neighbors to the South:
This marks the ninth hour straight that you've been burning stuff. You burned stuff all day yesterday. How much stuff have you got? I mean, I know we both have wooded backyards, but this is getting ridiculous. We're moving from "disposal of leaves" territory (and why? when the yard waste people will pick up as many bags as you like!) into "sinister cover-up" territory here.
I didn't hate you before, even though you opened my misdelivered letter from Lizzie on a Wednesday and didn't see fit to return it to me until Sunday afternoon. But you cannot flood a scent-oriented person's living area with smoke for two days straight and have her unaffected. Even if it's a pleasant woodsy smoke that makes my hair smell autumnal once I've driven away from it. Having the windows closed makes only enough difference to allow me to breathe and occasionally choke down food. You suck, neighbors to the south.
Nine hours for two days straight. What the hell is wrong with you people? No apple bread for you. And no Christmas cookies. Honestly.
M'ris
This marks the ninth hour straight that you've been burning stuff. You burned stuff all day yesterday. How much stuff have you got? I mean, I know we both have wooded backyards, but this is getting ridiculous. We're moving from "disposal of leaves" territory (and why? when the yard waste people will pick up as many bags as you like!) into "sinister cover-up" territory here.
I didn't hate you before, even though you opened my misdelivered letter from Lizzie on a Wednesday and didn't see fit to return it to me until Sunday afternoon. But you cannot flood a scent-oriented person's living area with smoke for two days straight and have her unaffected. Even if it's a pleasant woodsy smoke that makes my hair smell autumnal once I've driven away from it. Having the windows closed makes only enough difference to allow me to breathe and occasionally choke down food. You suck, neighbors to the south.
Nine hours for two days straight. What the hell is wrong with you people? No apple bread for you. And no Christmas cookies. Honestly.
M'ris
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Date: 2004-10-14 06:53 am (UTC)If it's illegal, you might do that or, depending on your relations with them, you might simply call the police or fire department and report the smoke. If you call the FD, resist the temptation to simply report smoke. While it would be funny on some level to bring sirens and clanging bells down on the offending heads, it's not nice to the firefighters.
(She is not nearly so subtle as she is. She has been known to holler, "I smell smoke! FIRE!" when people light up in non-smoking areas. She prefers the direct approach. Or at least the smart ass one.)